A number of familiar names are set to compete at the 61st Festival de Cannes organizers announced today in Paris, revealing the official selection of 52 feature films during a morning press conference. While the fest has yet to designate its opening and closing films, nineteen features are set to vie for the Palme d’Or. Among the films in competition are new work by The Dardenne Brothers, Arnaud Desplechin, Atom Egoyan, Clint Eastwood, Lucrecia Martel, Walter Salles, Steven Soderbergh, and Wim Wenders.

This year’s Cannes competition will feature just one first time feature director, namely Charlie Kaufman who will be in France with “Synecdoche, New York.” Bruno Dumont will head the Camera d’or jury for first time filmmakers. The ten competitors for that prestigious prize are noted below.

Writer turned director Kaufman will be in competition with Americans Clint Eastwood, director of “Changeling,” and Steven Soderbergh, set to debut his two new films (“The Argentine” and “Guerrilla“) under the four-hour banner, “Che.” Along with “Che” (jointly produced by the U.S., Spain and France), a number of French films or Gallic co-productions will debut, including Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s “Three Monkeys,” The Dardenne‘s “Le Silence de Lorna,” Arnaud Desplechin‘s “Un Conte de Noel,” and Philippe Garrel‘s “La Frontiere de L’Aube.” Beyond the two movies about the legendary revolutionary, films from Latin America will also figure prominently in the competition, including Lucretia Martel‘s “La Mujer Sin Cabeza,” Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas‘ “Linha De Passe,” and Pablo Trapero‘s “Leonara.”

Actor and director Sean Penn will serve as the Festival de Cannes president of the jury this year, joined on the panel by Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitto, American actress Natalie Portman, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, German actress Alexandra Maria Lara, French director Rachid Bouchareb.

OUT OF COMPETITION“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” directed by Steven Spielberg“Kung Fu Panda,” directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson“The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” directed by Kim Jee-woon“Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” directed by Woody Allen